Nina Dobrev Biography

Nina Dobrev (born Nikolina Konstantinova Dobreva; 9 January 1989) is a Bulgarian Canadian actress and model. She played the role of Mia Jones, the single teenage mother, on Degrassi: The Next Generation, from the show's sixth to ninth season. She stars as Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce on The CW American television drama, The Vampire Diaries.

Early life

Nina Dobrev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria as ???????? ????"???"?????? "???????, and moved to Canada at the age of two, where she was raised in Toronto, Ontario. She speaks fluent French, English, and Bulgarian. She has an older brother, Alexander, her father, Nikolai Dobrev, is a computer specialist and her mother, Michaela Leveski Dobreva, is an artist.

Dobrev attended J. B. Tyrrell Sr. Public School, where she started ballet and jazz classes, and competed in rhythmic gymnastics. Then, she attended Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Scarborough, Ontario, and Ryerson University in Toronto, majoring in sociology. She left in 2008 to pursue her acting career.

Career

Modeling jobs led to commercials, which then turned into film auditions. Shortly thereafter, she booked roles in feature films, including Fugitive Pieces, Away from Her, Never Cry Werewolf, and the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. She starred in a number of Lifetime original movies. In 2007 she appeared in the music video of You Got That Light performed by Wade Allain-Marcus and David Baum. She also was in an MTV movie called The American Mall on CTV. She is currently starring in The CW's drama The Vampire Diaries, playing the dual role of Katherine Pierce, a vampire loved by two human brothers during the American Civil War, and Katherine's doppelgänger Elena Gilbert, a human who is caught between the same two brothers, now vampires, Damon and Stefan Salvatore.

She also had a minor role in the erotic thriller Chloe, theatrically released by Sony Pictures Classics on 26 March 2010. The film had enjoyed commercial success and became director Atom Egoyan's biggest moneymaker ever.

In April 2011, Dobrev was cast as Candace in the film adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, alongside Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, and Paul Rudd. Shooting began in May of that year in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and she completed her scenes on 27 June 2011. The film was released in September 2012.

In 2012, she appeared in a Funny or Die music video with Nick Braun called SPF. The song, written by Dobrev, Braun, and hip-hop producer Jewels Beats, charted as high as #188 on iTunes Comedy Charts.

Philanthropy

In September 2011, Dobrev co-hosted We Day alongside Joe Jonas. We Day is organized by Free the Children. Dobrev also designed a T-Shirt with Me to We Style, which gives 50% of its profits to Free the Children.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Away from Her	Monica
2006	Playing House	Young Frannie
2007	How She Move	Tall Girl in the Bathroom
2007	'	Rachel
2007	Fugitive Pieces	Bella
2007	My Daughter's Secret	Justine
2008	Repo! The Genetic Opera	Teenage Zydrate Addict
2008	Mookie's Law	Rosebella	Short film
2008	'	Ally Shepherd
2009	Chloe	Anna
2009	Degrassi Goes Hollywood	Mia Jones
2011	'	Maria
2011	Arena	Lori
2012	'	Candace Kelmeckis
2014	Let's Be Cops	Unknown	Post-Production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006"2009	Degrassi: The Next Generation	Mia Jones	52 episodes
2007	Too Young to Marry	Jessica	TV Film
2008	Never Cry Werewolf	Loren Hansett	TV film
2008	'	Maia
2009	Eleventh Hour	Grace Dahl	Episode: "Eternal"
2009	Merry Madagascar	Cupid the Reindeer
2009"present	'
2011	'	Ellen

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2010	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Breakout Star " Female	The Vampire Diaries
2010	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actress " Fantasy/Sci-Fi	The Vampire Diaries
2010	J-14 Teen Icon Awards	Iconic TV Actress	The Vampire Diaries
2010	Young Hollywood Awards	Making Their Mark	The Vampire Diaries
2010	Young Hollywood Awards	Cast To Watch (with Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder)	The Vampire Diaries
2011	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actress " Fantasy/Sci-Fi	The Vampire Diaries
2011	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Hottie " Female	The Vampire Diaries
2011	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Vampire	The Vampire Diaries
2012	People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Drama Actress	The Vampire Diaries
2012	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actress " Fantasy/Sci-Fi	The Vampire Diaries
2012	San Diego Film Critics Society Award	Best Ensemble Performance	The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012	J-14 Teen Icon Awards	Iconic TV Actress	The Vampire Diaries
2013	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Dramatic TV Actress	The Vampire Diaries
2013	Teen Choice Awards	Actress Fantasy/Sci-fi	The Vampire Diaries